I had checked the Dawes lists awhile back, and saw a few Lovelace listed (you can find the records now on footnote.com) According to Mollie's grandson, she was very anti-Dawes and would get angry whenever it was mentioned. -SB > Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:34:49 -0400 > To: lovelace@rootsweb.com > From: greglovelace@comcast.net > Subject: Re: [LL] Cherokee Blood > > All, > > As far as I know, none of my line has any Cherokee blood. They were > in Spartanburg Co., SC in the early 1800s before moving up to > Rutherford Co., NC in the 1810s. There is always the possibility > that there was some intermarriage with Cherokees, but I have no > direct evidence of it. I do know that in the early 1900s, the > federal government, in an attempt to make amends for the uprooting of > the Eastern Cherokees, formed a commission, the Dawes Commission, to > investigate claims of Cherokee ancestry and determine if any > reparations were due to the descendants of those forced to leave > their ancestral homelands and move to join the Western Cherokees on > the reservation in Oklahoma. Many people, in an effort to get in on > the government gravy train, tried to claim Cherokee ancestry. Some > were successful, some were not. I do know that some of the > descendants of Barton of GA applied to the Dawes Commission, but I > think they were claiming ancestry through Barton's wife Ibby. Lou > Ann and Anne Haneghan can set me straight on that if I'm wrong. So > many of the claims of Cherokee ancestry may be traced back to the > possibility of getting a share of the reparations offered by the government. > > Peace, > Part of the Tree, > Greg > > > At 12:35 PM 7/15/2010, you wrote: > >Mollie (Mary R.) Lovelace, daughter of William Ramsey Lovelace is > >noted in our family oral history as being Cherokee. I have never > >found a document to prove it, though the few photographs we have of > >her she does look as though she might indeed have been. > > > >I am not sure if the Cherokee came from her Lovelace father or from > >her mother, Ann Knott. > > > >Would love to know if any of the Barton clan has found records of > >Cherokee? Greg #1??? > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.830 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3006 - Release Date: 07/14/10 22:26:00 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LOVELACE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3